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US News Archive for July 2005:
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Younger Students Show Gains in Math and Reading
America's elementary school students made solid gains in both reading and math in the first years of this decade, according to test results...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
NASA Still Eyes July Liftoff, Pending Finding on Faulty Sensor
NASA said today that it would not try to launch the space shuttle Discovery until it had finished investigating a malfunction...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
One-Story Building Collapses into Busy Block of Manhattan
A handful of people waiting at an Upper West Side bus stop were trapped today in a collapse that left a heap of debris...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Pitchers, Especially in Pinstripes, Have a Hard Time Fooling Boston's David Ortiz
The challenge within the challenge when the Yankees begin a four-game series in Boston on Thursday is to suppress David Ortiz...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
S.&P. 500 Hits 4-Year High
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed at a four-year high, buoyed by several days worth of positive economic and corporate earnings reports...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Tiger Woods Rises to Top of Leaderboard at British Open
Five years after he conquered the Old Course at St. Andrews, he began his chase for a second British Open title today...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Building Wall Collapses in Busy Section on Upper West Side
The wall of a two-story building collapsed, trapping a handful of people waiting at a bus stop on the corner...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
ABC Piles Emmy Nods With 'Desperate' and 'Lost'
Two new series that helped pull ABC out of a prime-time ratings were among shows that led the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Signs of Consumer Inflation Absent Again in June
Tumbling energy prices offset small gains in the cost of food and other items, holding U.S. consumer prices steady in June...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Cricket: Windies checked
West Indies struggle to 17-3 at the close after bowling out Sri Lanka for 227 in the Colombo Test...
BBC News - July 14, 2005
Six hurt as NY building collapses
Six people are injured as a building collapses in New York, sending rubble crashing onto a pavement...
BBC News - July 14, 2005
UN urges Colombia rights action
A UN panel criticises Colombia after finding state officials are complicit in a majority of disappearances...
BBC News - July 14, 2005
Schwarzenegger has $1m media job
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is criticised for a consultancy role earning him $1m a year...
BBC News - July 14, 2005
Sensor Malfunction Causes Delay of Shuttle's Flight
NASA postponed the flight of the space shuttle Discovery because of a malfunction in a fuel sensor that engineers thought they had fixed a month ago...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Big City Union Shifts Support to Bloomberg
The endorsement, from a union representing more than a third of the city's municipal work force, gives Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg crucial labor backing...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Processor sales boost AMD profits
US chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reports better than expected profits due to strong sales of micro processors...
BBC News - July 14, 2005
Guantanamo prisoners 'degraded'
US military investigators say they have found evidence of abuse by interrogators at Guantanamo Bay prison camp...
BBC News - July 14, 2005
Hurricane moves over E Caribbean
A hurricane passes over the Caribbean island of Grenada, which is still recovering from last year's storms...
BBC News - July 14, 2005
Chile constitution changes backed
Senators vote to remove parts of Chile's constitution drawn up during the military rule of Gen Pinochet...
BBC News - July 14, 2005
N.H.L. and Players Reach Agreement
The league's Board of Governors and members of the players union are expected to ratify the deal within a week so that training camps can begin on time in September...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Data Shows Faster-Rising Death Toll Among Iraqi Civilians
Civilians and police are suffering 800 deaths a month at the hands of insurgents, Iraq says...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Senators Who Averted Showdown Face New Test in Court Fight
The members of the Gang of 14 are trying to chart a course that would keep them unified in the event of a divisive battle over President Bush's nominee...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Financially-Set Grandparents Help Keep Families Afloat, Too
Even where the parents are present and functioning, grandparents are increasingly playing important roles in their grandchildren's lives...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Vanguard Trading Limits
By Dow Jones/AP...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Bullish Report on I.B.M. Helps Dow to Another Gain
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Entrepreneurial Spirit Meets the Philanthropical
In recent years, specialists say, small businesses have become more creative in giving...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Abbott Earnings Increase 38%, Bolstered by Arthritis Drug Sales
The health care products maker Abbott Laboratories that its second-quarter earnings were helped by stronger sales of diagnostic products...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Amid Rising Demand, Oil Supply Is Tight and Vulnerable to Threats
Global oil markets are expected to remain under intense pricing pressure as demand picks up next year, an indication that even at $60 a barrel, oil prices are doing little to slow consumption, the International Energy Agency said yesterday...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Retailers' Deal Advances
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
With Ads Down, Gannett Profit Posts Drop for a Second Quarter
The Gannett Company's second-quarter profit fell 4.5 percent as costs rose and advertising revenue dropped at its 21 TV stations and USA Today...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Group Calls for Soft Drink Warnings
An organization called for cigarette-style warnings on soft drinks to alert consumers that too much of the beverages can cause health problems...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
How Long Can Workers Tread Water?
The wages of typical workers are growing roughly at the same rate that inflation eats into their buying power, while income gains are going mostly to the affluent...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Holders of Sprint and Nextel Back Merger
The Sprint Corporation's $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications was approved Wednesday by shareholders of both companies...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
White House Says Deficit Will Fall, and Keep Falling
The White House predicted that the federal budget deficit would drop sharply this year and that it would continue to shrink for the next four years...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Hackers Modify PC Game
The maker of the video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, said that hackers were responsible for a modification that enabled sexually explicit minigames to be played in the game...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Bank to Offer Refunds to Annuity Holders
By Reuters...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Believe What You Will, Just Don't Promote It, Tax Foe Is Told
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court order yesterday that bars a "professional tax protester" from promoting a popular tax fraud known as the 861 position and requires him to turn over the names of clients to the Justice Department...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Closing Arguments in Enron Broadband Case
HOUSTON, July 13 (AP) - Federal prosecutors bought witnesses with immunity and then twisted facts to make their conspiracy and fraud case against five former executives of Enron's defunct broadband unit, lawyers for two of the defendants said on Wednesday in closing arguments...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
2 Black Truckers Sue, Accusing Wal-Mart of Hiring Bias
Two black truck drivers have filed federal lawsuits against Wal-Mart Stores in Arkansas, arguing that the company discriminated against them by denying them jobs because of their race. Lawyers who filed the suits are seeking class-action status and they said they expected Wal-Mart to respond to their initial information requests by the end of the week...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
A Crime So Large It Changed the Law
HIS name is not on the law, but maybe it should be. Perhaps more than either Senator Paul S. Sarbanes or Representative Michael G. Oxley, Bernard J. Ebbers is responsible for the most far-reaching change in American securities laws since the Depression...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Switch Maker's News Lifts Guidant Shares
Shares of the Guidant Corporation, which recently halted sales of several heart devices because of a component problem, rose yesterday after a component supplier said it was providing such a part to a manufacturer it did not name but which the market surmised was Guidant...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Jury Is Selected for Case Involving the Drug Vioxx
Lawyers selected a jury in the first Vioxx case to reach trial, as both sides subtly began to highlight facts that they will present in detail over the next month...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
A.M.D.'s Profit Exceeds Predictions of Analysts
Applied Micro Devices defied Wall Street's predictions and posted a profit of 3 cents a share on Wednesday, its first profitable quarter in nine months...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Trade Gap Narrowed in May; Trend Seen as Short-Lived
The trade deficit shrank markedly in May, the government reported yesterday, but economists warned that the decline could not be sustained because it was caused by a drop in oil prices that has since reversed...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Prosecutor Declines to Seek a Perjury Trial for Scrushy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 13 (Reuters) - The Justice Department said Wednesday it was dropping its effort to reinstate perjury charges against Richard M. Scrushy, the founder and former chief executive of the HealthSouth Corporation, who was acquitted last month in a criminal fraud case...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Big Board Ordered to Submit Data on Deal
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Fallon Pulling Out of New York
After a decade of riding the roller coaster in the competitive New York market, the Minneapolis agency Fallon Worldwide is looking to walk away...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Unocal Bid Denounced at Hearing
A former director of central intelligence testified that a Chinese company's bid for Unocal is part of China's strategy to compete with the U.S. for energy security...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
From a Scandal Springs a Chance for an Overhaul at Volkswagen
Sometimes, it seems, scandal is healthy - especially if it becomes a pretext for an overdue housecleaning, as it has at Volkswagen...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
From China, Some Relief on Oil Demand
A sudden and mysterious drop in China's oil consumption helped to push down the International Energy Agency's estimate of global demand for this year...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
IPod Sales Give Apple 75% Jump in Revenue
Apple Computer's quarterly earnings showed continued strong growth of its iPod digital music player and impressive personal computer sales in the U.S...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Research Changes Ideas About Children and Work
Research has begun to erode some popular beliefs about why children work, what they do and when they are likely to leave work for school...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
WorldCom Chief Is Given 25 Years for Huge Fraud
The judge in the case said the penalty - the stiffest in a corporate fraud case in recent memory - was appropriate given the size and scope of the fraud...
New York Times - July 14, 2005
Storm closes in on E Caribbean
Tropical Storm Emily is closing on the Eastern Caribbean but is losing its strength, US forecasters say...
BBC News - July 14, 2005
Muslim US cleric jailed for life
A US Islamic scholar is sentenced to life in jail for urging Muslims to fight US troops just days after 9/11...
BBC News - July 14, 2005
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